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Baby for the Mob Boss: A Surprise Pregnancy Mafia Romance


Bella King - 2022
    

Omega Auctioned


Laura Wylde - 2020
    Life as an Omega is a hard one.It is full of duties and desires that are never truly fulfilled.I was one of them, yet I refuse to live my life only to breed for Alpha shifters.I am not going to let them steal or buy me away from my family, all for the sake of some ancient duty I was supposed to have.I wasn’t going to let it happen.Then it did happen.I was bought at an auction, while simultaneously saved from a clan of shifters that wanted to breed me and take my children for their new soldiers.Isaac was an outlier, someone that just showed up out of the blue.I was afraid of Isaac at first, even as I owed him my life.Things changed when I went into my very first heat.My desire for my new mate was undeniable and I was begging him for something I thought I would never want.Need turned into pleasure that I’d never felt before.And maybe even something else.Maybe even love.Or it was all just too good to be true and my life was going to take a turn for the worst.Nothing this good ever lasted too long....

Space Mercenary's Prize


Lynnea Lee - 2022
    Jenny brings out my instinct to guard and protect. Drunk and eager for a fight, I knock out her attacker and vow to take her home to Reka 5.There’s only one problem: Jenny’s owner wants her back.We wake the next morning with an enormous bounty on our heads. New Rhea is chock full of no-questions-asked mercenaries eager for the credits, but a promise as a promise, and I will get her to freedom.Besides, Jenny is mine. And anyone who wants her will have to get through me first!This is a novella-length stand-alone story set in the Tallean Mercenaries universe. Sweet and steamy scenes ahead. HEA guaranteed!

Her Jaguar to Tame


Jasmine Wylder - 2021
    I signed up to be a surrogate, nine months of discomfort and a big payoff…At least that was the plan…I thought the past was behind me.But somehow it has a way of catching up with you.I have a debt to pay, a debt no one knows about.Not even my extremely hot boss, Nikola.I might be a wolf, but I want his jaguar.He heats my blood and makes my knees quiver.Makes me dream of being mated.Something I’ve never allowed myself to dream of before.But something lives inside him, something dark.I’m supposed to be afraid, but I can’t seem to trust my instinct.My instinct yearns for his caress.When I learn that I’ve been matched with him through the Paranormal Surrogate Agency, everything changes.Was this a mistake?Or was it fate?Only time will tell.Can he save me from my past? Or will his darkness ruin my future?

Wolf of Ash


Amelia Shaw - 2021
    Now the pack’s out for blood. But even his execution isn’t enough to soothe the Alpha’s anger. Which is why Maddox, who Talia has been fated to since birth, rejects his mating bond with her and banishes her. She has three days to leave town…or the pack will hunt her down.Within hours of her departure, her own pack’s deathly decree takes a back seat to a more pressing threat: Galen, the next Alpha of the Long Claw pack that her father tried to kill, captures her. He doesn’t know that Talia and Maddox are no longer mates, and she intends to keep it that way.Galen plans to use her as a bargaining chip, which is the only thing keeping her alive. But how long can she keep up the ruse? Because she’s still in town, and her pack is going to sense that. The clock is ticking until the hunt for her begins, then she’ll have two pack Alphas who want her dead.The one who rejected her…and the one who kidnapped her…Fans of Jaymin Eve, Callie Rose, and Avery Stone won’t be able to get enough of this slow burn, rejected mates shifter series!Scroll up and one click to start reading this steamy paranormal romance series today!*** Author warning: There IS a cliff hanger ending, and will lead straight into book 2!

The Alpha's Omega


Carol Dawn - 2021
    Being an omega in a world of alphas is scary. Especially in my father’s pack where they think an omega is only good for one thing. Breeding. The alphas in the pack sit back and watch me with hunger-filled eyes as they wait for my first heat to hit. Once it does, my life, or what little life I’m allowed to have, is over.But, when my brother decides to take me and leave, we land ourselves in with a group of renegade alphas. So, here I am, an omega about to go into heat, surrounded by alphas. One of which claims that I am his mate.Too bad omegas don’t have mates.Noah:I’m Alpha of the alphas.We call ourselves, The Renegade Alpha pack. We’re a group of outcast alphas that don’t fit in with other packs. We’re a small pack of four but so many alphas together isn’t always a good thing. Fights happen more often than not over the smallest things.To make my job even more difficult, a couple of my pack members found an alpha and his omega sister on the run. Now, they’re staying with us. An omega, surrounded by unmated alphas.To make matters worse, the omega is my mate, but she refuses to accept the truth of it.It turns out that having an omega in the pack is far riskier than I originally thought. But, I don’t care what I have to do, who I have to kill, no one will harm a single hair on my mate's head.

Experiment kL4UTh: A SciFi Alien Romance (Red Planet Dragons of Tajss Book 23)


Miranda Martin - 2021
    

Claiming What's Mine (Playing with Trouble)


Ava Gray - 2021
    

Alpha Gray (Six-Pack #1)


C.J. Primer - 2021
    Not only do I have my own pack to protect, but I keep the whole six-pack territory secure by training and running the security squad. The new recruits are here for the summer, and it's my job to whip them into shape. I can't afford any distractions, but one of the female recruits is doing just that- distracting me. Fallon is the most frustrating girl I've ever met; she's all alpha female and she openly challenges my authority. She's so far from my type, but for some reason, I'm drawn to her. It'll be a challenge to break her, but by the end of the summer, she will learn to obey her alpha. By the end of the summer, I'll have her on her knees. FALLON: All I've ever wanted is to be a part of the six-pack's security squad, defending our territory as a fighter. I've finally got a chance to live out my dream- all I've gotta do is make it through summer training camp and prove myself. I thought that the toughest part of training camp would be the actual training, but it turns out the alpha running the place is even tougher. I let one sarcastic comment slip, and now Alpha Gray seems hellbent on making an example out of me, provoking me at every opportunity. He wants me to fall in line, but I'll be damned if I'm going to roll over. Sure, he's insanely hot. He's an alpha. But I'm not backing down. He's not my alpha. ~ The Six-Pack Series is a collection of werewolf shifter romance novels. These books contain mature content (steamy scenes!) and themes that may not be suitable for younger readers. If frequent use of profanity and f-words offend, then these books may not be for you. While this book ends with a HEA for the main characters and no major cliffhangers, there are some overarching storylines that may not be resolved at the conclusion of this book because they run throughout the series.

Road Demons (Book 2 Riggs)


T.L. Drake - 2021
    As the Road Demons secretary, I’m in deep, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I have a reputation with the ladies, one that’s never bothered me before. Getting attached is a complication. I kick them out of my bed the minute I’ve had my fun. Then she walks into the gym, and I know I’m in trouble. Salem is sex on two legs with an attitude to match my own. I try to fight against the pull I feel towards her, but damn, the woman is my perfect match.SalemStarting over after losing everything isn’t easy. My shop is my number one priority. Making friends with a biker’s ol’ lady was just what I needed to help pull in customers. Having an instant connection with the club’s playboy was not what I was expecting. I didn’t leave one arrogant man just to fall for another. But here’s the thing about me, I like to be in control. Good thing Riggs seems to like that too.When the past collides with the present, something’s got to give. Can Salem and Riggs both overcome their inner demons?

Alien Hunter's Claim


Aya Morningstar - 2020
    She’s a perfectly preserved human from the 21st century. Or not so perfectly preserved⁠—her cryochamber cracks while he’s stealing her, and he’s forced to wake her up.Her human scent fills his ship, and every cell in his body screams out for him to take hold of her delicate, feminine shape. But she’s worth more than an entire planet, and he knows if he touches her, he’ll never be able to let go.Just before Kara was hit by a truck, she’d sworn to herself she was done with all of humanity for the next hundred years, especially men. So when she wakes up over 1,000 years in the future in an alien’s arms, it’s like fate is taunting her.Helios swears he’s going to sell her⁠—that her stay on his ship is temporary. That’s too bad, because his body is cut like a Greek god, and his alien scent is like a drug she doesn’t want to quit. He says he hates humans, but the looks he gives her with those glowing blue eyes tell an entirely different story.He could take her if he wanted and she couldn’t resist. He claims he just wants the money, but she knows there’s a deeper reason, one that drives him to ignore the most powerful and primal of urges in the galaxy. Will his resolve hold, or will he give in to what his heart truly wants and claim her as his own?Alien Hunter's Claim is a full-length, standalone alien sci-fi romance. It features a possessive, alpha alien with his human mate. There are no cliffhangers or cheating, and a happily ever after is guaranteed!NOTE: The previous title of this book was "Claimed by Helios".

Epsilon Mate


Katie Douglas - 2021
    Mine to take. Mine to control. Mine to command. My omega. And I would make her obey....Somehow.Twenty-five years ago, a radiation storm hit my home planet, Epsilon, killing most of the omegas. The only way to protect our babies was to send them away into space. But the mission was sabotaged, the newborn omegas were lost. Alphas have searched across the galaxy for them ever since the storm passed.Now, they are adults. And I will find them. I have narrowed down their destination to a distant planet called Earth.I stop for food and find a lost omega working in a fast-food kitchen. Once I catch her scent, there is no other choice. I claim my virgin omega over and over. I will keep knotting with her until she carries my child.But attempts on her life reveal a traitor on my ship. How can I protect my mate from a dark conspiracy?This story is set in the open-source Omegaverse universe. It features alphas, betas, and omegas, both male and female. Steam, tea, space battles and badass tall alien dudes with tattoos! If that’s your thing this book is for you!

Surrender (War Brides of the Morja #2)


Miranda Bridges - 2022
    She brought me back from the brink of death, only to become my life...The woman is my only connection to what lies beyond this cell.I need her to learn what happened to:My House.My brethren.My brother.Then I find myself wanting her for other things.Things that have nothing to do with freedom.And everything to do with the female.Her tender smile warming me.Her gentle touch soothing me.Her passionate kiss igniting me.All of these threaten to ruin my plans.But does the future matter if she's not by my side?Will I be forced to leave her behind?Not if the goddess of fate is real.So I pray.

Steal Me Away: A Mountain Man Romance


Ilsa Ames - 2018
    The plan was to steal her. Not fall for her. She’s my captive, my tempting little prisoner. But it’s her who’s stolen my heart. The plan is simple: kidnap the girl, and then use her as leverage to blackmail her a-hole father and save my home. Easy enough, right? Yeah, wrong. I planned for everything, but I didn’t plan for those tempting curves. I didn’t bet on that sassy mouth driving me wild. I didn’t plan on the girl I’m kidnapping to make me crazy and make the devil inside of me roar for more. I’ll have Lia’s submission. Because I have to, in order to save the only home I’ve ever known. But what happens when my prisoner becomes my obsession? What happens when I fall for her? …What happens when I find out she’s carrying my baby? Her father, the world – they’ll all say this is wrong. They’ll all try and take her from me. But I found her, I took her, and now, I’m keeping her. …And I dare anybody to try and take her from me. Steal Me Away is a full, novel-length contemporary mountain man. Steamy hot and sweet as pie, with a dominant alpha hero who’ll stop at nothing to take and protect what’s his. Safe, no cliffhanger, and a guaranteed happy ever after!

Mistaken For An Escort: A Forbidden Romance (Forbidden Fantasies Book 24)


S.E. Law - 2021